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Anti-Imperialists Protest Clinton War Criminals in Ireland

A crowd gathered outside of Queen’s University in Belfast on Monday (17th April 2023) to protest the presence of war criminals Hillary and Bill Clinton in Ireland. Speakers included Aindriú ...

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2023 Lasair Dhearg Easter Commemoration

Hundreds gathered in Milltown Cemetery on Easter Monday to mark the 107th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. Those gathered were addressed by former IRA volunteer John Crawley, Republican ex-Prisoner and ...

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Hook Line and Sinker

Hook, Line and Sinker: 25 Years of the Good Friday Agreement.

From the perspective of the British state, you could easily assume that the Good Friday Agreement was designed to achieve, and indeed it did achieve, many things. The cumulative financial ...

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Remembering the Springhill Westrock Massacre – Time for Truth!

On the 9th of July 1972 the British Army’s Parachute Regiment brutally gunned down and killed five people on the streets of Springhill and Westwork in West Belfast, wounding many ...

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Thousands on strike for fair wages – Lasair Dhearg

Thousands of education and health care workers are out on strike to demand that Stormont and Westminster end their ongoing attacks on public services and worker’s wages.  Speaking from outside ...

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“PSNI PR Strategy Continues to Abuse our Youth Spaces” – Pádraic MacCoitir

Local residents have noted with growing concern the use of community centres and youth clubs in the Lenadoon and Colin areas by armed PSNI personnel. Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Pádraic MacCoitir ...

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Racist propaganda in Ireland: The truth behind their claims

Following the appearance of racist far right stickers in Belfast, Lasair Dhearg activists were out in recent days distributing material to make it clear that Belfast is a welcoming community ...

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Bloody Sunday March for Justice 2023

Thousands gathered on Sunday to join the Bloody Sunday ‘March for Justice’ as it made its way from Creggan to the Bogside in Derry. 51 years on and the families ...

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Watch: Our 2022 Year in Review

This past year has been a notable one for Lasair Dhearg as an organisation and indeed for the broader struggle in Ireland. Over the last twelve months our activists have ...

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2023 New Year Statement

As another year comes to a close Lasair Dhearg sends revolutionary greetings to all of our members and supporters across Ireland and internationally. We extend our solidarity to all like-minded ...

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Four Martyrs Centenary Marked in Belfast

100 years ago today, counter-revolutionary Free State forces executed IRA members Liam Mellows, Dick Barrett, Joe McKelvey and Rory O’Connor. The ‘Four Martyrs’ were commemorated by Lasair Dhearg in Milltown ...

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Winifred Carney Remembered in Belfast

Scores gathered at the graveside of Winifred Carney on Saturday [19th November] to mark the 79th anniversary of her death. A trade union organiser, member of Cumann na mBan and ...

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Strabane: The Checkpoint Is Gone But The Occupation Remains.

Many residents of Strabane will remember the looming eyesore that was once the British army checkpoint at what’s locally known as the ‘camel’s hump’. Located on the Lifford road between ...

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Change Isn’t Coming. Time For Something Different – Pádraic MacCoitir

The following piece is delivered by Pádraic MacCoitir, blanketman and political ex-prisoner. How often have we heard the country we live in being referred to as a ‘democracy’?; Because we ...

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Scores Attend ‘Cost of Living Crisis’ Picket in Belfast

A large crowd gathered at Belfast’s International Wall on the Falls Road yesterday (02/10/2022) to voice their opposition to the ongoing cost of living crisis. Attendees filed out on to ...

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